In everyday life you can find that almost 75% of the information we obtain inour interactions comes from non verbal language.There are many Sciences that study the meaning of those movements:
1. PROXEMICS
Study the way people construct and manage “microspace” the distance between themselves and others in ordinary daily life. We get closed to people or get away from them. It gives us the clues to interpret our feeling towards the others
Through proxemics we know the existence of the CONFORT ZONE
Intimate
Good friends
Acquaintances
General public
2. KINETICS
Study the nonverbal coding systems of body activity as related to human communication
3. SEMIOTICS
It’s the science that seeks to understand how Natural or constructed signs and symbols function as a communication medium
Through semiotics we could differentiate SIGNS
Units of nonverbal communication
Gestures
Movements
Face expression
Any movement that convey information from CUE/s
Nonverbal signs used to prompt an event, behaviour or experience or SIGNAL
Used to inform as to what will happen, a hint or warning.
1. PROXEMICS
Study the way people construct and manage “microspace” the distance between themselves and others in ordinary daily life. We get closed to people or get away from them. It gives us the clues to interpret our feeling towards the others
Through proxemics we know the existence of the CONFORT ZONE
2. KINETICS
Study the nonverbal coding systems of body activity as related to human communication
3. SEMIOTICS
It’s the science that seeks to understand how Natural or constructed signs and symbols function as a communication medium
Through semiotics we could differentiate SIGNS
THE MOST COMMON NONVERBAL SIGNS ARE:
1. Emblems
2. Ilustrators
3. Adaptors
4. Regulators
5. Affect Displayers
PARALANGUAGE